<<Shades of George Orwell!>>

A country where:
we have our second appointed president in less than 30 years;
the police murder a black man when he refuses to buy drugs from them; they are defended by the mayor;
the police murder a black man for taking out his wallet; they are defended by the mayor
a retarded man is executed by the state;
the supreme court, avid in its January defense of due process, just as avidly decrees the right of police to put you in handcuffs for jay walking

And you say shades of George Orwell?